Harry not picture perfect

PRINCE Harry has reportedly noticed his conspicuous absence from his grandmother’s Christmas family photo collection

In Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan, author Christopher Anderson alleges that the Queen purposefully removed a photo of the Sussexes, according to The Sun.

“I think this is a turning point. There are all sorts of subtle messages that are conveyed in this kind of soap opera that goes on,” Andersen told Us Weekly.

“In 2018, she sat there in front of a Christmas tree. She gave her Christmas address and there were the family photos . . . including Archie and Meghan and Harry, very prominently displayed.”

A source close to Harry revealed that it could have been one of the final issues that pushed the Sussexes to distance themselves from the rest of the royals.

Andersen said: “I think that was hurtful (for him to see). A friend of Harry’s told me that he felt that he was being erased in a sense from the family. And it was right after that, that they made their (decision to leave the UK). I think that was one of the things that prompted them to issue the statement that they were stepping back from royal (life for a) full-time real life.”

He claims that it was, in fact, the Queen’s actions that tipped Harry and Meghan over the edge and finalised their decision to move to California.

Apparently in 2019, before recording her annual festive broadcast, which airs every year on Christmas Day, she instructed an assistant to move a photo of Harry and Meghan out of shot.

It is believed the photo was on a desk alongside other framed photos of royals including William and Kate, Prince Charles and Camilla, the Queen’s father, George VI, and the Duke of Edinburgh too.